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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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